Subaru owners: Let's see your expedition rigs!

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My haphazard expedition car. Love this thing - the best Subaru I've owned, and I've owned five of them including this one. Currently, I have adjustable lateral links and KYB struts/RalliTEK springs waiting to be installed to finally make this car not stock. Skid plates will be next. Then maybe a roof top tent. I'd love to dual range/manual transmission swap it too. The factory rear limited slip and 3.0 torque make for a really good snowmobile though.

Adventurer

Battle, I would forget the monstrosity of a RTT. Get yourself a nicer ground tent instead and keep the weight off the roof. Keep it simple, which also goes with the theme you've got going on your nice Outback, steel wheels and all.

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Man, I like the way you think! That Eureka tent pictured is still holding up, but it's way old now and the rain fly has seen better days. I probably need to upgrade it regardless. The RTT idea really would be for my GF's comfort. Then again, we've talked about buying an older pop-up camper to tow around.

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I like my monstrosity on my Impreza. Going to rig up a wind deflector to reduce wind noise, but other than that I haven't noticed any significant difference in handling except in high wind (summer thunderstorm winds).

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I’m really reaching the point of limitations. Definitely not abandoning the platform, but the next steps are going to be long, tedious, and expensive.

- TD04 Turbo (just need to find a time I can have her down for a couple weeks just in case, then I’ll pull the trigger on the WRX turbo)
- Custom Fox/King Struts (again, need time. But also need to crap out like $1,200)
- Rear Bumper with spare mount and fold down table (likely the next move, as it’s the cheapest and easiest to still use my car daily while building.)

Mine is the Tepui Kukenam 3 Explorer. The Ayer (2-person) and the Baja Series Kukenam 3 Tepuis are a little lighter, but I was able to snag this one used for 2/3 the cost of new. My wife and I can put it on top together without much trouble (I'm 5'8" and she's 5'4"). It definitely feels lighter than the 130 lbs they quote it at, but I've never actually tried to weigh it.

Need to figure out how to store it for winter, but I'm in a parking garage so I can't do the kayak roof hangar I've seen some people use.

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I went with the Autana 3 model because it comes with an annex and I also purchased the weather shield for inclement weather. Basically does what their aluminium version will do. Keeps cold and elements out, while keeping heat in. I tried it out this last winter in sub 32F weather, and it worked pretty well. Well enough in that I didn't need to sleep inside my sleeping bag as I was pretty warm. I checked my camera, I don't see any additional pics of the weather shield, but here is what they have on their website: Tepui Weather Hood

Adventurer

I’m really reaching the point of limitations. Definitely not abandoning the platform, but the next steps are going to be long, tedious, and expensive.

- TD04 Turbo (just need to find a time I can have her down for a couple weeks just in case, then I’ll pull the trigger on the WRX turbo)
- Custom Fox/King Struts (again, need time. But also need to crap out like $1,200)
- Rear Bumper with spare mount and fold down table (likely the next move, as it’s the cheapest and easiest to still use my car daily while building.)